Assignment #25: Empty Bowl

[Nikolai]

Phew, crowd control (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=53199) was a toughie..

Let's do something simpler this time. I suggest we shoot ourselves some bowls.

One or many, metal, pottery, wood, tupperware - just get some bowl in the frame and make it your primary subject.

As always: fresh pictures, moderate post-processing.
For the rest of the basic rules and index please check out this sticky (http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=41800).

Let's get some bowls! :-) :wink

[mwalters]

Here are my first efforts, I'm not sure they truly meet the brief as I've left the lids on to add some colour...

http://airglowimaging.smugmug.com/photos/133363941-M.jpg

http://airglowimaging.smugmug.com/photos/133364373-M.jpg

More to come, just need to find some models.

Matthew

[Nikolai]

Here are my first efforts, I'm not sure they truly meet the brief as I've left the lids on to add some colour...

More to come, just need to find some models.

Matthew

Welcome to the Class and thank you for your entries! :clap
They are very good looking and sure "meet the brief" :-):thumb

[mwalters]

After raiding the cupboards, I came up with these...

http://airglowimaging.smugmug.com/photos/133518555-M.jpg

(Not actually empty, I know - but the flame has gone 'out' :))



http://airglowimaging.smugmug.com/photos/133518460-M.jpg

http://airglowimaging.smugmug.com/photos/133518381-M.jpg

Matthew

[Nikolai]

After raiding the cupboards, I came up with these...
Matthew
Great! Thank you very much for the entries! :clap
You really helped to kick-start this week's class! :thumb

[Antonio Correia]

http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/133594743-M.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/133583239-M.jpg http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/133594979-M.jpg
The bowl at our right is a small example of some 6 or 7 we have which came from Macau and are about 80/90 years old.
The other bowl, which has been from my father in law, is also some 80/90 years old. When he was a baby, his mother used to bath him in there.
:thumb

[Nikolai]

Obrigado, my friend, nice entries! :thumb

[anwmn1]

Wow! Some great ones already posted!

Here is one I took while at First Friday's this past Friday.

http://aaronnewman.smugmug.com/photos/133747634-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

Wow! Some great ones already posted!
Here is one I took while at First Friday's this past Friday.


Nice, very moody! :thumb

[pyroPrints.com]

A crystal bowl at my parent's house. I gonna try to shoot more during the week. Shot hand-held, and with a built in flash. Not the optimal set up, but it came out kinda decent.


http://athena.divshare.com/files/2007/03/05/192111/P3036774_800.jpg

http://athena.divshare.com/files/2007/03/05/192112/P3036775_800.jpg

http://athena.divshare.com/files/2007/03/05/192113/P3036776_800.jpg

[Nikolai]

A crystal bowl at my parent's house. I gonna try to shoot more during the week. Shot hand-held, and with a built in flash. Not the optimal set up, but it came out kinda decent.


Thank you for the entries, we didn't have crystal yet:-):thumb

[Phirus]

Some hot, bowl on bowl action. :wink

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c95/phirus/DSCN0672.jpg

Edit - grrr..I can't get my stupid Nikon Coolpix L3 to EVER AF correctly....

[Nikolai]

Some hot, bowl on bowl action. :wink
Edit - grrr..I can't get my stupid Nikon Coolpix L3 to EVER AF correctly....

Cool idea, thanks for the entry. :thumb
Friendly advice: next time wipe the surface before shooting still life :wink :deal

[Antonio Correia]

Bowl - a rather deep, round dish or basin, used chiefly for holding liquids, food, etc. from http://dictionary.reference.com/search?db=dictionary&q=bowl
http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/134168766-M.jpg
Date Modified2007-03-06 19:14:42Date Taken2007-03-06 11:18:21 CameraCanon EOS 20D Exposure Time 8s Aperture f/20.0 ISO200 Focal Length 16mm

[Antonio Correia]

http://antoniocorreia.smugmug.com/photos/134172255-M.jpg
Date Modified 2007-03-06 19:24:17 Date Taken 2007-03-06 11:21:10Camera Canon EOS 20D Exposure Time 1/640 Aperture f/3.2 ISO 200 Focal Length 23mm

[Nikolai]

While I don't remember mentioning bins, buckets or barrels :wink , you get a credit for the initiative:thumb

[Phirus]

Cool idea, thanks for the entry. :thumb
Friendly advice: next time wipe the surface before shooting still life :wink :deal

:doh I was so concentrated on getting the bowl to stay there that I didn't think to look at the countertop! Thanks.

[Antonio Correia]

While I don't remember mentioning bins, buckets or barrels :wink , you get a credit for the initiative:thumb

Nikolai.

I would like you to tell me if what I shot are not empty bowls: the empty white paint bucket and the concrete barrel.

According to http://dictionary.reference.com/search?db=dictionary&q=bowl a bowl is a "a rather deep, round dish or basin, used chiefly for holding liquids, food, etc."

In this sence, a bowl is what I shot. Am I wrong ? :dunno

[pyroPrints.com]

Nikolai.

I would like you to tell me if what I shot are not empty bowls: the empty white paint bucket and the concrete barrel.

According to http://dictionary.reference.com/search?db=dictionary&q=bowl a bowl is a "a rather deep, round dish or basin, used chiefly for holding liquids, food, etc."

In this sence, a bowl is what I shot. Am I wrong ? :dunno
I think "round" (or rather "rounded") is a somewhat defining characteristic of a bowl.

For more research, check out the wikipedia article on bowls:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl_%28vessel%29

[Antonio Correia]

I think "round" (or rather "rounded") is a somewhat defining characteristic of a bowl.

For more research, check out the wikipedia article on bowls:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowl_%28vessel%29

Got it ! :thumb

[pyroPrints.com]

Some more bowls. I know my backgrounds are horendous. What, with the cat hair and all. I've yet to build a proper light box:dunno.


a Ball in a Bowl:
http://athena.divshare.com/files/2007/03/06/196437/P3066886.jpg

Different Background:
http://athena.divshare.com/files/2007/03/06/196438/P3066893.jpg

Bowl on a Bowl, makes a Ball
http://athena.divshare.com/files/2007/03/06/196439/P3066894.jpg

some hot Bowl on Bowl action
http://athena.divshare.com/files/2007/03/06/196440/P3066903.jpg

Not sure if this is qualifies as a bowl, but it's cool looking. So I'll post it.
http://athena.divshare.com/files/2007/03/06/196441/P3066905.jpg

[Nikolai]

Some more bowls. I know my backgrounds are horendous. What, with the cat hair and all. I've yet to build a proper light box:dunno.

Thank you, nice submissions! :thumb

[anwmn1]

More bowls

http://aaronnewman.smugmug.com/photos/134841652-L.jpg

http://aaronnewman.smugmug.com/photos/134841967-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

More bowls
Thanks, man! :thumb

[WrenTheBlurry]

Hey, yay, it's my first time at trying an assignment. Thanks for passively encouraging me to shoot stuff I normally would not. :D

happy day,

wren

http://wrentheblurry.smugmug.com/photos/134222177-L.jpg

[Nikolai]

Hey, yay, it's my first time at trying an assignment. Thanks for passively encouraging me to shoot stuff I normally would not. :D

happy day,

wren



Welcome to the Class!:clap
Thank you for your entry! Nice set of definitely empty bowls! :thumb

I would suggest next time to exclude the light source (window) from the frame by shooting parallel to the window as opposed to into it.. Just a thought...:deal

[emmalou]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v299/emmaloudawg/eb.jpg:dunno

[ChatKat]

Okay let's see if this works. I think I have the linking down now. This qualifies...took it last week in Istanbul

http://www.pbase.com/chatkat/image/81255720/large.jpg

[Nikolai]

Okay let's see if this works. I think I have the linking down now. This qualifies...took it last week in Istanbul

Naaaaaaice! :thumb
Will we see more in Journeys? :wink

[ChatKat]

Naaaaaaice! :thumb
Will we see more in Journeys? :wink

Well, Nik, now that I learned how to link, I guess I can do a few without those pesky red X's

[Snakeroot]

Empty bowls... well at least one is empty :)

http://stalnaker.smugmug.com/photos/191363511-L.jpg